America the Unusual
Imagine being a student of history in a foreign country. You are asked to write a paper on, " The Land of Opportunity ", or America. Better yet you are a visitor under a Visa. Either way you look at it you will come to the same conclusion. That America is a place like no other in this world. In America the Unusual by John W. Kindon, I will explain how the United States is different from the rest of the world, geographically, socially, governmentally, individually as well as others.Being geographically isolated from the rest of the world by land and sea barriers, America is in its own world. The U.S has to set up trade with other countries in order to have economic success. The country was built on immigrants coming over to start over to get opportunities that they were given in their countries. America was the new frontier to most. It was a place built on the "immigrant experience." America was a very diverse population but a population that stuck together to build what the United States is today. This is one country that in due time would set itself apart from any other country throughout the world. Americans ideology alone is different than the thinking of most nations. One of the
Even though America is built up to be such a wonderful and different country it can be said that, "the land of opportunity" is only a myth. This myth of opportunity is what drives many immigrants to this country. Many of them are in search of wealth and success. But as they struggle to survive and only set themselves up for failure, is this country built on the fact that the government gets in the way of individuals opportunity to get ahead and become a wealthy and successful citizen. There are "patterns of opportunity depending on our socio-economic status (age, gender, race, family, ethnicity, social, health, geography)." I believe that everyone should have the same opportunity to be wealthy but achieving it through hard work, education, and lots of so called luck. Another factor that sets America apart is the violence. Violence in America is as American as apple pie. Throughout history of the United States many problems occurred and became very violent. World War II was an example of violence that because of economic and political reasons was a disruption that was handled. America's success economically after the war pretty much saved the country because there wasn't any devastation from the war. That enabled the U.S to thrive and become a powerful nation in the future to come. The characteristics of public policy, political parties, and political institutions is very different from that of other developed nations. Our Political parties can be seen as maybe weaker when comparing them to developing nations. In American the unusual Kindon states that "political parties are more obligated to their constituents than to the party." This is
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